Maggi noodles row: Court orders FIR against Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit A district court in UP directed police to register an FIR against two Nestle officials and film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta, who have featured in the Maggi advertisements and arrest them if required. The court also directed the police to go for arrest if required in the course of investigation. The order came during the hearing of a case filed by lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha yesterday.(PTI) (02/06/2015)

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Muslims who consider India their motherland entitled to all citizen rights, says Shiv Sena Shiv Sena said all Muslims who consider India their motherland should be given all citizen rights. "All Muslims who consider India as their motherland and those who are ready to sweat it out for the development of the country are our brothers and they should be given all the rights as citizens of India," the Shiv Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamana'. The Sena also said it was wrong on part of a business house to deny job to a young man, named Zeshan Khan, for being a Muslim and took a swipe at the Adani Group for offering him a job in the company for "publicity. Recently it came to light that a youngster was denied job for following a particular religion. If this is true, it is highly condemnable...," the Shiv Sena said. "This company is known to be close to Narendra Modi.... The company got good publicity in the name of Zeshan," it said. (PTI)

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APSC stages protest in IIT, Madras campus against ban Members of the students' body of IIT, Madras, whose derecognition for allegedly violating code of conduct has sparked off a major political row, today staged a protest inside the campus demanding recognition and an apology from the Dean for his action against them. Members of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC) staged a placard-holding protest inside the premises of the premier technical education here, even as the media was not allowed entry to cover the agitation.(PTI) (02/06/2015)

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Court convicts BJP MLA and two former MPs A fast track court convicted 15 people, including an MLA and two former Lok Sabha members in a case related to an attack on Sitamarhi collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998. Those convicted include BJP MLA Ram Naresh Yadav, former JD(U) MP from Sitamarhi Nawal Kishore Rai, former Sheohar MP and RJD leader Anwarul Haq, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) district president Ram Lashan Singh Kushwaha and general secretary Mohan Kumar Singh. All of them have been sent to district jail. (PTI) (02/06/2015)

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India's 29th state Telangana completes one year The youngest Indian state of Telangana, carved out of Andhra Pradesh, today completed one year of its existence after nearly a five-decade struggle for a separate statehood. The state had elected Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who played a pivotal role in leading the struggle, as its Chief Minister in last year's assembly elections. On June 2, 2014, the 29th state of India was carved out of Andhra Pradesh, triggering massive protest from Seemandhra region. In a good omen for Telangana's future, the state is identified as being revenue surplus with the crown jewel of Hyderabad going to the state in bifurcation of undivided Andhra Pradesh.(PTI) (02/06/2015)

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Should man acquitted of rape be considered rape survivor: Court Should a person acquitted of rape charges be considered as a "rape survivor", a Delhi court has pondered while acquitting a man accused of raping a divorcee. Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma made the observation while acquitting a Haryana native of the offence of raping the woman after she retracted from her complaint and said she was now happily married to the accused. "Today there is public outrage and a hue and cry is being raised everywhere that courts are not convicting rape accused. However, no man, accused of rape, can be convicted if the witnesses do not support the prosecution case or give quality evidence, as in the present case where the prosecutrix is hostile," the judge said. (PTI) (02/06/2015)

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The LG's office said Saini was appointed to the top post of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in March without approval of Jung as mandated under rules and procedures. (PTI)

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Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Narendra Modi on ‘distressing rise’ in atrocities against Dalits Expressing her worry at the ‘distressing rise’ in atrocities against Dalits across the country, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill for passage in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament. “It is important for the ends of justice to ensure that a fair and impartial inquiry is conducted in these cases and the guilty are punished as per law. However, it is equally important to ensure that the institutional machinery charged with the welfare and protection of Dalits is strengthened and made accountable so that all Dalits are able to access justice as a matter of right,” Sonia Gandhi wrote in a letter to Prime Minister Modi. (PTI) (02/06/2015)

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Heat wave death toll rises to 1719 in Andhra Pradesh The death toll due to the searing heat wave has risen to 1,719 in Andhra Pradesh with 42 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. The heat wave this year has left many states in the country baking, with temperatures soaring over 46 degrees Celsius in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Delhi too has witnessed a spell of extreme temperatures, leaving people yearning for the monsoon showers. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has stated that the monsoon is expected to arrive by June 5 this year, five days later than the usual start date. (PTI) (02/06/2015)

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Law college students boycott classes on IIT-Madras row Students of Law College boycotted their classes for the second day today protesting against the de-recognition of an IIT-Madras students' body allegedly for being critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They also blocked the road in front of the district court here and termed the de-recognition of Ambedkar Periar Study Circle at IIT, Madras, as an "attack on the freedom of expression". The students also demanded that the de-recognition be rolled back immediately. The traffic on the busy road was affected for more than one hour. (PTI) (02/06/2015)